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Old 09-09-2010, 05:25 PM
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My car run flawlessly in normal weather! But when it rains and cools off it runs kinda rough and will die occasionally. I have full bolt-ons and H/C/I.
P&P stock tb, stock MAF. I just don't get it. The damn thing is perfect until it rains! It's like a bad knee!!:>)
My tuner is elk hunting for another week (*****)so what are ur thoughts?
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seen this problem many times around here usually its because water is somehow getting into the o2 wires and causing a short...
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Damn I had it on the rack today at the muffler shop trying to get alittle more ground clearance! Wish I would have known so he could check while he was standing there telling me how damn low my car is :>)
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Picking up H2O in the air filter??
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Plug wires & boots is another possibility. But seems like
a lot of bird owners like to remove rain baffles, which....
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Originally Posted by jimmyblue
Plug wires & boots is another possibility. But seems like
a lot of bird owners like to remove rain baffles, which....
yup thats my guess
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You know I thought the 02 in the filter but I checked it because my baffles are still in mine. It was dry inside my heat shield. I'm going to have my 02 sensor check today and see if there is a short in the wire.
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I had the same problem... turned out to be my 02's... just bought some new ones and some new extensions cuz of the LT's and havent had teh problem since
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I put it up yesterday and swoped them out. Hope that fixes her ***!
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I've heard reports from people at the local dealership saying someone had issues with water draining off the windshield right on top of the PCM. Check that too...
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I had this and it was the o2 wiring long story... in your case could be a bad o2 connector?
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on the gm v6 cars, they put little metal boots over the plug wires... My car would not run in the rain with the boots on the plugs.




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